Ryan Murphy\u2019s latest Hulu series, All\u2019s Fair, began with a single request.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really wanted to meet Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian,\u201d Murphy told the crowd at the Director\u2019s Guild on Oct. 16 during the premiere for his upcoming legal drama.<\/p>\n
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The American Horror Story and Glee creator recalled visiting Jenner\u2019s home, where he did something he had never done before. \u201cI brought a reality pitch \u2026 and it wasn\u2019t good. I finished my pitch and Kris said, ‘That was really good, sweetie, but you should write a role for Kim.’\u201d That suggestion ultimately led to Kardashian\u2019s role on American Horror Story \u2014 and later to All\u2019s Fair.<\/p>\n
The new legal drama unites Kardashian, Niecy Nash-Betts, Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, and Teyana Taylor (who is currently in the top spot on Gold Derby’s Oscar odds for her Best Supporting Actress role in One Battle After Another) in a stylish, high-stakes series centered on power, loyalty, and reinvention. Premiering Nov. 4, the show follows a team of female divorce attorneys who leave a male-dominated law firm to launch their own powerhouse practice.<\/p>\n
Murphy said the pitch for the series came together more smoothly than he could have imagined.<\/p>\n
\u201cKris and I marched into Hulu and Kris said, we have this idea where Kim plays a divorce lawyer and they said yes,\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cThat was the pitch.”<\/p>\n
While the show boasts an A-list cast and high fashion, Murphy said its true message is about the power of saying yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is about yes to doing a show that is inspirational and aspirational. It\u2019s a show about bringing back fashion to television in a really big way and I think more importantly it is really a show about women getting the last word, which is something I think we all need right now,\u201d he said, prompting loud cheers from the audience.<\/p>\n
Murphy then likened his powerhouse cast to the Avengers, emphasizing their strength and influence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn many cases they fought the bad guys and won. They\u2019ve run empires and inspired people all over the world and won countless awards \u2014 sometimes wearing capes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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